73.5% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 73.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
St Leonards · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in St Leonards
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly three quarters of people in St Leonards have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement is driven by a large number of recent overseas arrivals, making the area one of the most mobile in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 73.5% of residents moved here within the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and the New South Wales average of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.4% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is well above the 14.5% seen across Australia.
24.4% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13657/st-leonards/topic/mobility-location